Until a few years ago, my gut was something I thought about only rarely, and even then probably only if I had a tummy bug. As soon as I felt well again, the health of my gut, in all its vital complexity, would fade into the background of my life, taken for granted once more.
The idea of “gut health” wasn’t really something I had considered in any meaningful way at all. It was only really when I was asked to write an article on the link between gut health and mental wellness that I started to pay more attention to the gut microbiome and how important it is for our overall wellbeing.
